Kayla Adams

Position:
Throws
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Auburn, Wash.
High School:
Thomas Jefferson

Personal Records:

Weight Throw - 52-5 ½ (15.99 meters) • Shot Put - 45-10 ¾ (13.99 meters) • Discus - 143-1 (43.62 meters)

Junior: Threw the shot put only during the indoor season • Earned a season-best 43-8 (13.31 meters) in the shot put at the Dennis Craddock Ivitational • Threw shot put and discus during the outdoor season • Set a new personal record in the discus at 143-1 (43.62 meters) during the Carolina Relays • Competed at the ACC Outdoor Championships.

Sophomore: Threw the discus and the shot put during the outdoor season • Season-best outdoor shot put of 44-8 ¾ (13.63 meters) at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Had a season-best throw of 45-5 1/4 (13.85 meters) in the indoor shot put at the Dick Taylor Invitational • Competed at the ACC Indoor Championships in the shot put.

Freshman: Did not compete in the outdoor season • Threw a personal best weight throw of 52-5 ½ at the Gene Anderson UNC Invitational • Threw 43-8 in the shot put at the ACC Indoor Championships.

Prep: Two-time state champion in the shot put • Named MVP of team as a sophomore and senior • Named captain of her team as a senior • Earned Outstanding Field Athlete of the Year honors twice

Personal: Participates in the CREED program and Carolina Outreach • Kayla Lynn Adams is the daughter of Kitrina Buckler • Has a long-lost sister she met for the first time in 2012 • Born December 16, 1992.